Hold'em table

Ace-six offsuit is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, so I raise to 2.5 big blinds to steal the blinds and take the initiative.

Five-two suited is far too weak to call a 2.5x raise out of position with only 200 invested so far; folding loses the least over time.

KTo is a reasonable hand to defend the big blind against a min-raise, especially with only one opponent left in the pot.

K-high with backdoor draws, no strong hand; check to control pot size and see how seat_1 acts.

I have the nut flush draw and an overcard with the betting lead, so a half-pot continuation bet applies pressure and can win the pot now or improve.

Facing a small continuation bet with a king overcard and backdoor flush draw, the price is cheap enough to continue and see the turn.

I have top pair with a good kicker (Kc) on a King-high board, so I'll bet for value to build the pot against a single opponent.

Ace-high with no pair and no draw on a queen-king board is far behind a turn bet, so calling 700 is not justified.

K7o on the button in 3-max is a standard open-raise; taking the initiative with position is more profitable than calling or folding.

5d2c is a weak offsuit hand facing a 3x raise; folding is correct rather than calling out of position for more chips.

JTo has enough equity versus a button open to continue, and calling 200 into 450 is the straightforward play out of position rather than a light 3-bet.

I have an open-ended straight draw on a queen-high flop and no made hand, so checking out of position lets me realize equity for free against the preflop raiser.

I raised preflop and the checker on a Q-high flop likely missed; a half-pot continuation bet applies pressure and can take the pot down immediately while preserving fold equity.

I have an open-ended straight draw (8 or K) getting about 2.9:1 on a half-pot bet, which is enough to continue. Raising out of position as a semi-bluff is less attractive against the preflop raiser's continued aggression, so I call.

I have only a gutshot to the eight on the turn and no flush draw, so there is little value in betting into the preflop raiser who already c-bet the flop. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes my draw cheaply.

I only hold bottom pair (sevens) with a king kicker after raising flop and getting called; the opponent's turn check could mean a queen or a draw, so I take a free river rather than bloat the pot with a marginal hand.

Jack-high has no showdown value, but a river bluff is unlikely to fold the pairs and queen-high hands in a flop-bet, turn-check range. Checking avoids putting more chips in with almost no equity.

My pair of sevens likely beats missed draws and ace-high hands, and betting into a range that called a flop bet (often Qx or better pairs) only risks a raise with little thin value. Checking down is the safest way to realize showdown value.

A9 offsuit from the button is a solid raising hand; a standard open-raise builds the pot and applies pressure to both blinds.

2-6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise to 2.5bb; folding saves the remaining stack for better spots.

Q4o has decent high-card equity against a button 2.5x open heads-up; calling 150 into a 400 pot needs only ~27% equity, which this hand clears versus a wide button range. Folding is too tight, and 3-betting Q-high with a weak kicker is unnecessary.

I flopped top two pair (Q4) against the preflop raiser, so I bet for value while protecting against club draws; a pot-sized-ish bet of 400 into 550 builds the pot with strong hands likely to continue.

Ace-high with no pair or draw facing a flop bet; not enough equity to continue.

T5s is playable enough from the button in three-handed to open rather than limp or fold. A small raise to 250 steals the blinds often and keeps the price reasonable when called.

8-4 offsuit is a very weak hand facing a 2.5x raise from the button; folding loses only the 50 already committed and avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

6-3 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct here.

42s is one of the weakest hands on the button and calling 100 into a 150 pot multiway gives poor equity and position-less value; folding preserves chips for better spots.

With button folded, I have a good Ace-high hand heads-up against the big blind; raising to isolate and build the pot with positional and hand strength advantage.

52 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind raise, so folding preserves chips.

7-10 offsuit is a weak hand from the button facing a raise-limp scenario; folding preserves chips given no equity edge.

Q5o is too weak to complete or raise out of position against the big blind, so I fold rather than inflate a pot I will often lose.